Google+, Picasa Web Albums: Name Tags, HACKERS and Legalized Identity Theft, Invasion of Privacy, Your Copy Rights
Strange, very strange, access to MY web-site:www.cookingfor survival--yourdownbutnotout.com was blocked by Google.
UPDATE: although access to the bushcraft and survival site has now been restored and it and two of my other sites are showing a green flag; and although this site now shows over 22000 readers; a recent search for the site showed three results; (2 not my site--the third leading to an old rather obscure, seldom viewed post) and overall search results on all my sites have gone down from 15 to 20 PAGES to 6 or 7 generic, very general, only vaguely related, ITEM search results. In other words, my material, posts and/or sites are no longer showing up in most searches or for most searchers--even if they specifically use my name in their searches.
Through the use of Google + somebody had VICIOUSLY hacked my site; so of course, out of their concern for the possibility that a breach of THEIR security had occurred; that MIGHT lead to hackers being able to install phishing, spy, or other malware on My website that MIGHT allow access to private files and UNPUBLISHED personal information that COULD lead to IDENTITY THEFT; Google had no choice but to enforce the block. However, If anybody goes to Google + images (Most of my material and the images which accompany it; is copy righted and I have reserved ALL rights; therefore I do not subscribe to Google +--there should be no Google+profile)there are at least two(I did not go through them all; so there are undoubtedly more) that will take a person to my GOOGLE+ = "PROFILE"(it does exist and it is publicly available)and access to my phone numbers--the only personal information available; BECAUSE GOOGLE "NEEDED" IT FOR SECURITY REASONS that I definitely did not want published and made public. Anybody so accessing this profile also has the ability to "EDIT" any part of it. All in all, I would say, there are a few, quite a few, basically the entire "Social" app. is nothing but; glitches, short comings unresolved issues, and security problems.
BE VERY, VERY CAREFUL WHAT YOU PUBLISH ON GOOGLE AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE ESTABLISHED YOUR COPY RIGHTS; OTHERWISE IT WILL BE COPIED, STOLEN AND USED--FOR THEIR PROFIT--BY AND IN AMAZON,GOOGLE, WIKIPEDIA,YAHOO, AND/OR OTHER OF THEIR APPLICATIONS. OFTEN, WHEN THIS OCCURS, YOUR WILL NOTICE THAT THE PUBLISHING DATE (DATE YOU FIRST PUBLISHED YOUR MATERIAL [ANYWHERE] AND THERE BY AUTOMATICALLY ESTABLISHING FULL COPY-RIGHT) HAS ALSO BEEN CHANGED.
I NOTICE THAT THE WIKIPEDIA DEFINITION OF BEEF HAS BEEN CHANGED FROM "BEEF IS THE FLESH OR MEAT OF A COW"--TO "BEEF IS THE CULINARY NAME FOR MEAT FROM BOVINES, ESPECIALLY CATTLE. BEEF CAN BE HARVESTED FROM COWS, BULLS, STEERS, HEIFERS, OR STEERS. COWS ARE USUALLY MATURE FEMALES."
HOWEVER THEIR DEFINITION IS STILL NOT QUITE CORRECT, AS BEEF IS NOT JUST A CULINARY TERM; AND,WHILE THE FLESH OF CALVES IS USUALLY CALLED VEAL,OR, SOMETIMES, BABY BEEF IT IS BEEF. COWS ARE ALWAYS A MATURE FEMALE THAT HAS GIVEN BIRTH AT LEAST ONCE; THIS REPRESENTS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A COW AND A HEIFER.
I have over 65,000 readers, world wide; not a lot compared with some of the commercial, news, or social sites; but more than I dreamed would ever be interested in learning from; or just reading; my material. While I would never consider them all to be FRIENDS; there is defensibly a bond and I am very proud of MY accomplishment.
With exception of MY Poems, Quotations, Songs, Stories to Remember, and Think About; Blog, and some of the images, I own copyright to most all of it, something I am also very proud of. I am not about to give up any of my rights so that somebody else can copy it, "re-label/re-name it, "share it" as their own, use it as an advertising endorsement, source of revenue, or, in any other way; try to establish ownership.
When you sign up for Google+, all existing name tags in PicasaWeb Albums remain unchanged. For new tags created in Google+ or PicasaWeb Albums, here are the essentials:
UPDATE: although access to the bushcraft and survival site has now been restored and it and two of my other sites are showing a green flag; and although this site now shows over 22000 readers; a recent search for the site showed three results; (2 not my site--the third leading to an old rather obscure, seldom viewed post) and overall search results on all my sites have gone down from 15 to 20 PAGES to 6 or 7 generic, very general, only vaguely related, ITEM search results. In other words, my material, posts and/or sites are no longer showing up in most searches or for most searchers--even if they specifically use my name in their searches.
Through the use of Google + somebody had VICIOUSLY hacked my site; so of course, out of their concern for the possibility that a breach of THEIR security had occurred; that MIGHT lead to hackers being able to install phishing, spy, or other malware on My website that MIGHT allow access to private files and UNPUBLISHED personal information that COULD lead to IDENTITY THEFT; Google had no choice but to enforce the block. However, If anybody goes to Google + images (Most of my material and the images which accompany it; is copy righted and I have reserved ALL rights; therefore I do not subscribe to Google +--there should be no Google+profile)there are at least two(I did not go through them all; so there are undoubtedly more) that will take a person to my GOOGLE+ = "PROFILE"(it does exist and it is publicly available)and access to my phone numbers--the only personal information available; BECAUSE GOOGLE "NEEDED" IT FOR SECURITY REASONS that I definitely did not want published and made public. Anybody so accessing this profile also has the ability to "EDIT" any part of it. All in all, I would say, there are a few, quite a few, basically the entire "Social" app. is nothing but; glitches, short comings unresolved issues, and security problems.
BE VERY, VERY CAREFUL WHAT YOU PUBLISH ON GOOGLE AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE ESTABLISHED YOUR COPY RIGHTS; OTHERWISE IT WILL BE COPIED, STOLEN AND USED--FOR THEIR PROFIT--BY AND IN AMAZON,GOOGLE, WIKIPEDIA,YAHOO, AND/OR OTHER OF THEIR APPLICATIONS. OFTEN, WHEN THIS OCCURS, YOUR WILL NOTICE THAT THE PUBLISHING DATE (DATE YOU FIRST PUBLISHED YOUR MATERIAL [ANYWHERE] AND THERE BY AUTOMATICALLY ESTABLISHING FULL COPY-RIGHT) HAS ALSO BEEN CHANGED.
I NOTICE THAT THE WIKIPEDIA DEFINITION OF BEEF HAS BEEN CHANGED FROM "BEEF IS THE FLESH OR MEAT OF A COW"--TO "BEEF IS THE CULINARY NAME FOR MEAT FROM BOVINES, ESPECIALLY CATTLE. BEEF CAN BE HARVESTED FROM COWS, BULLS, STEERS, HEIFERS, OR STEERS. COWS ARE USUALLY MATURE FEMALES."
HOWEVER THEIR DEFINITION IS STILL NOT QUITE CORRECT, AS BEEF IS NOT JUST A CULINARY TERM; AND,WHILE THE FLESH OF CALVES IS USUALLY CALLED VEAL,OR, SOMETIMES, BABY BEEF IT IS BEEF. COWS ARE ALWAYS A MATURE FEMALE THAT HAS GIVEN BIRTH AT LEAST ONCE; THIS REPRESENTS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A COW AND A HEIFER.
I have over 65,000 readers, world wide; not a lot compared with some of the commercial, news, or social sites; but more than I dreamed would ever be interested in learning from; or just reading; my material. While I would never consider them all to be FRIENDS; there is defensibly a bond and I am very proud of MY accomplishment.
With exception of MY Poems, Quotations, Songs, Stories to Remember, and Think About; Blog, and some of the images, I own copyright to most all of it, something I am also very proud of. I am not about to give up any of my rights so that somebody else can copy it, "re-label/re-name it, "share it" as their own, use it as an advertising endorsement, source of revenue, or, in any other way; try to establish ownership.
When you sign up for Google+, all existing name tags in PicasaWeb Albums remain unchanged. For new tags created in Google+ or PicasaWeb Albums, here are the essentials:
· Your friends can tag your photos
· Name tags are better with friends (or
so it is now claimed).
· People who you've added to your
Google+ circles are the only ones who can add name tags to your photos (if they
have access-if they don’t have this access, they can’t see them at all).
· People tagged receive access to the
album The person tagged will be given permission to view the photo and the
related album, so they'll know where they were tagged. They'll also have the
ability to re-share the album (and any of your copy righted [automatic in
Canada, the USA is the ONLY country to require dating] material) with others.
You can lock the album (only you can see the material) in Google+ to disable
re-sharing and also remove people from the album's 'Shared with' list at any
time.
· Tag approval: You'll receive an email
letting you know that you've been tagged in a photo (you will not if the entire photo is re-tagged as other than it IS OR THAT IT WAS INTENDED TO REPRESENT. By
default, name tags by people in your circles (including all Google companies)
are automatically approved[by who's default-Google's]. You can view or remove tags at any time on the
photos homepage in Google+(just try) as well as via the Photos tab on your
Google profile.
· You can also update your settings to
manually approve every name tag. When a tag is approved, the tagged photo is
posted to the Google+ stream (of course, you have no say as to what it is
tagged as there.
· Tag visibility Name tags are visible
to ALL ( or a post that you yourself have used it in) people who can view the
album. Approved tags link to your Google profile (as created by Google).
Unapproved tags are still visible on the photo but they aren't linked to your
profile( in other words too you; now I interpret this as copy right, property theft, identity theft, and invasion of privacy--yes this applies to registered custom web sites.). In addition to appearing on the photo itself, photos of you with
approved tags will be displayed on the Photos tab on your Google profile and
the photos homepage in Google+ (copy right, property theft).
Of course,
if, you should choose to reject these terms; your site will be blocked; or even
easier and less conspicuous, will not show up on web searches.
Google+,
Picasa Web Albums: Name Tags and
Legalized Identity Theft, Invasion of Privacy, Your Copy Rights. I did find one thing that I rather liked; the profile they wanted to show on Google + is almost identical to what it was years ago, when I first published it(EXCEPT FOR SUPPOSEDLY locked non-published PRIVATE PHONE NUMBERS; which i did not WANT PUBLIC) in My cook book and before someone one decided it should be shortened for my blogs.
Why do they keep wanting my mobile phone number; I do not wish to have my phone numbers published? Of course, I also do not wish to have my draft material published every time I click preview as has happened-another example of "hacked" material.
While it is a very well known fact that social sites like Facebook and Twitter are very exploitable and lucrative source of advertising revenue--to the owner/hosts of these sites and that these same owners are also able to gather a great deal of other exploitable information from users: I am not really interested in reading about the last time someone changed their underwear, scraped a pair off the wall,or drove to the supermarket to buy some more.
Why do they keep wanting my mobile phone number; I do not wish to have my phone numbers published? Of course, I also do not wish to have my draft material published every time I click preview as has happened-another example of "hacked" material.
While it is a very well known fact that social sites like Facebook and Twitter are very exploitable and lucrative source of advertising revenue--to the owner/hosts of these sites and that these same owners are also able to gather a great deal of other exploitable information from users: I am not really interested in reading about the last time someone changed their underwear, scraped a pair off the wall,or drove to the supermarket to buy some more.
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